موسی

See also: موسى and موسي

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مُوسَى (mūsā), from Biblical Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (mōšê).

Proper noun

موسی • (musa)

1. (Islam) Moses, the patriarch who led the Hebrews out of Egypt

Derived terms

• موسوی (musevi, “Mosaic; Jewish, Israelite”)
• موسی آغاجی (musa ağacı, “boxthorn”)

Descendants

• Turkish: Musa

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “موسی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1246
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “موسی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[2], Vienna, column 5025
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “موسی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2030

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مُوسَى (mūsā, “razor, blade”).

Noun

موسی • (musa) (plural مواسی (mevasi))

1. razor, a keen-edged knife used in shaving the hair

   Synonym: اوستره (ustura)

Descendants

• Turkish: musa

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “musa3”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3312
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Novacula”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[4], Vienna, column 1151
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “موسی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[5], Vienna, column 5025
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “موسی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[6], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2030

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُوسَى (mūsā), from Biblical Hebrew.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /muː.ˈsaː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [muː.sɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [muː.sɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [muː.sɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.sɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [muː.sɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.sɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	mūsā
Dari reading?	mūsā
Iranian reading?	musâ
Tajik reading?	muso

Proper noun

Dari	موسی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Мусо

موسی • (musâ)

1. (Islam) Moses
2. a male given name from Arabic

Coordinate terms

Islamic prophetsedit

• آدم (ādam / âdam)
• ادریس (idrīs / edris)
• نوح (nōh / nuh)
• هود (hūd / hud)
• صالح (sālih / sâleh)
• ابراهیم (ibrāhīm / ebrâhim)
• لوط (lūt / lut)
• اسماعیل (ismā'īl / esmâ'il)
• اسحاق (ishāq / eshâġ)
• یعقوب (ya'qūb / ya'ġub)
• یوسف (yūsuf / yusof)
• ایوب (ayyūb / ayyub)
• ذوالکفل (zū-l-kifl / zu-l-kefl)
• شعیب (šu'ayb / šo'eyb)
• موسی (mūsā / musâ)
• هارون (hārūn / hârun)
• داوود (dāwūd / dâvud)
• سلیمان (sulaymān / soleymân)
• یونس (yūnis / yunes)
• الیاس (ilyās / elyâs)
• الیسع (alyasa')
• زکریا (zakariyyā / zakariyâ)
• یحیی (yahyā / yahyâ)
• عیسی (īsā / isâ)
• محمد (muhammad / mohammad)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُوسَى (mūsā), from Biblical Hebrew.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /muː.sɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Proper noun

مُوسیٰ • (mūsā) m (Hindi spelling मूसा)

1. (Islam) Moses
2. a male given name from Arabic

See also

Islamic prophetsedit

• آدَم (ādam)
• اِدْرِیس (idrīs)
• نُوح (nūh)
• ہُود (hūd)
• صالِح (sālih)
• اِبْراہِیم (ibrāhīm)
• لُوط (lūt)
• اِسْماعِیل (ismā'īl)
• اِسْحاق (ishāq)
• یَعْقُوب (ya'qūb)
• یُوسُف (yūsuf)
• اَیُّوب (ayyūb)
• ذُو الْکِفْل (zul-kifl)
• شُعَیب (śu'aib)
• مُوسیٰ (mūsā)
• ہارُون (hārūn)
• داؤُد (dāud)
• سُلَیمان (sulaimān)
• یُونُس (yūnus)
• اِلْیاس (ilyās)
• اَلْیَسَع (alyasa')
• زَکَرِیّا (zakarīyā)
• یَحْییٰ (yahyā)
• عِیسیٰ ('īsā)
• مُحَمَّد (muhammad)